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TIL about A Free Ride, the earliest extant American pornographic movie, from 1915

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9MMp TIL a way to check if you’re in a Lucid dream is to read some text whilst dreaming. The words will either appear illegible, or if you look away then re-read the text, the words will have changed. (Section B.4.a. of link)
p8Knb TIL that bees can be trained to detect diseases, like cancer, in their early stages by sensing the disease in the patient's breath due to their extremely strong sense of smell
VBpKB TIL the legal names of Michael Jackson's kids are Michael Jackson, Paris-Michael Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson.
dVv7 TIL Dying is illegal in Longyearbyen, Norway because the town’s small graveyard stopped accepting bodies after discovering the permafrost prevented the bodies from decomposing.
nWBNr TIL that Jerry Lewis’ unreleased 1972 film ‘The Day the Clown Cried’, a controversial film about a clown in a Nazi camp, can now be screened in accordance with Lewis’ wishes. Lewis gave an incomplete copy to the Library of Congress on the condition that it couldn’t be screened before June 2024.